Tagged: Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville was the cheapest place I’ve lived. Going by what I spent there, I’d say a westerner could live in Cambodia (Sihanoukville or elsewhere) comfortably on $600/month. Entry to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap is around $30 My expenses were around $850 a month when I lived there for 7 months, but if I went back I think...

So overall I was in Cambodia for almost a year and saw one act of violence in my entire stay. I was at the beach when I see a western girl going crazy yelling at a tuk-tuk driver. She was pushing him and her boyfriend was there yelling some also. There were also about 20 other tuk-tuk drivers creeping closer...

Since I wasn’t able to stay at the original place I had planned my second day living in Cambodia was quite busy. I had to go look for a new place, and I also needed to get address verification stuff scanned for PokerStars to get working online again and prove I was out of the US....

When I decided to come to Asia my heart was set on the Philippines to play poker again and that’s where I bought my plane ticket for. About 2 weeks before I left I found out that it might be hard to get a bank account and lease that quickly in PI. I was told about a...

Living in Sihanoukville (aka Snooky) is a good ‘easy option’ introduction to Asia for anyone thinking of moving abroad. It’s the first place I lived, for 7 months. Compare 170+ Snooky hotels on Booking.com. Living in Sihanoukville – Pros To me the main pro of Snooky is the laid back atmosphere of it. For digital nomads...

For in-depth info on Cambodia’s prostitution scene, where to go, prices ($10 – $30), and staying safe, check out my First Trip to Cambodia ebook. This post is more of a diary entry. So… I met the first of many Cambodian prostitutes shortly after moving to Sihanoukville. She was quite the character and you never knew what you...

Sihanoukville (aka Snooky) is not a place you ever want to need medical attention. Granted you never WANT to need medical attention, but Snooky is the nut worst place in South East Asia to need it. Just My Luck Getting Sick in Cambodia After getting my leg bandaged at the best spot Snooky had to offer (CT...

Back in Cambodia when I was on my hunt for a place to stay I went to Smile Guesthouse near the beach and this very cute girl on reception shows me a room. It was the same as basically every room I had seen in Sihanoukville, just a standard hotel room. But it had a great location 200m...

Story time on who I call ‘crazy girl in Snooky’. So one night I after working I head down to the beach to take my nightly cruise past all the bar girls in Sihanoukville and walk the beach. On my first pass I recognize everyone at the bar and don’t see any reason to stop. I take...

When I first got to Sihanoukville I had a really long and informative chat with a western expat girl named Nero. She was a 30ish year old lesbian from Finland who had lived in Snooky for a while. She dealt poker games at a local bar and her pay was a quarter out of every hand she...

If you are backpacking around Cambodia then Sihanoukville aka ‘Snooky’ is certainly a place you must visit. Check out this Wikitravel guide. You can live on the beach cheaper than you ever imagined because Sihanoukville hotels are so cheap, as is everything else in the city. Compare 170+ Snooky hotels on Booking.com. With hotels as low as...